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Details of the cycle of interrogations of Abu Zubaydah on August 8, 2002 (August 2002)

AUG 02

CITE: [REDACTED]

SUBJECT: EYES ONLY - DETAILS OF 8 AUGUST 2002 CYCLE OF INTERROGATIONS OF ABU ZUBAYDAH

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1. ACTION REQUIRED: PLEASE SEE 8 AUGUST 2003 [REDACTED] TO BE SENT SEPARATELY, FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS REGARDING OUTCOME AND ASSESSMENT OF THE BELOW INTERROGATION SESSIONS.

2. DAY FIVE OF THE AGGRESSIVE INTERROGATION PHASE COMMENCED AT 1031 HOURS LOCAL TIME. ((ABU ZUBAYDAH)) (SUBJECT) SPENT THE PREVIOUS EVENING IN THE LARGE CONFINEMENT BOX. PER THE CURRENT INTERROGATION STRATEGY SUBJECT'S SLEEP CONTINUES TO BE DISRUPTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE SECURITY TEAM NOTED THAT SUBJECT MANAGED TO OCCASIONALLY NAP, THOUGH NO LONGER THAN 20 MINUTES AT A TIME.

3. AT 1032 HOURS, THE SECURITY TEAM HOODED SUBJECT, TOOK HIM OUT OF THE LARGE CONFINEMENT BOX, AND PLACED HIM AGAINST THE WALLING WALL. ONE OF THE INTERROGATORS REMOVED THE HOOD AND THE SECURITY TEAM LEFT THE CELL. THE INTERROGATOR WRAPPED THE ROLLED TOWEL/NECK SUPPORt AROUND SUBJECT'S NECK [REDACTED] SUBJECT WAS WALLED WHEN HE BEGAN TO DENY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF CURRENT/FUTURE OPS [REDACTED] INTERROGATORS TOLD SUBJECT HE WAS STALLING, AND SIGNALED FOR THE SECURITY TEAM TO ROLL IN THE WATER BOARD (AT 1045 HOURS). SUBJECT WAS TAKEN TO AN ADJACENT WALL AS THE SECURITY TEAM BROUGHT IN THE WATER BOARD [REDACTED]

4. SUBJECT WAS TOLD TO SIT DOWN ON THE WATER BOARD. SUBJECT WAS RELUCTANT TO LIE BACK AND BEGAN TO PLEAD THAT HE HAD NOTHING NEW TO GIVE. THE INTERROGATORS CUT HIM OFF AND TOLD HIM TO LIE DOWN. THE TEAM SAW A NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN THE SUBJECT'S BREATHING PATTERN WHEN IT BECAME MORE RAPID AS HE WAS STRAPPED ONTO THE BOARD. SUBJECT BEGAN TO CRY AND AGAIN PLEADED HIS DENIALS. SUBJECT WAS TOLD THAT DESPITE THE INTERROGATORS' EFFORTS TO GIVE HIM IDEAS OF THE KIND OF INFORMATION WE WANTED, HE CONTINUED TO DENY [REDACTED] AT 1053 HOURS, THE FIRST OF TWO WATER TREATMENTS WAS APPLIED. THE BAORD WAS IMMEDIATELY ELEVATED IN ORDER TO CLEAR SUBJECT'S AIR PASSAGE. DURING THIS AND THE SECOND WATER TREATMENT, SUBJECT RAISED HIS VOICE IN ADAMANT DENIALS, AND INTERRUPTED INTERROGATORS WITH THESE DENIALS EVEN AS MORE WATER WAS APPLIED [REDACTED] SUBJECT WAS REMINDED THAT HE HAD THE CHOICE TO STOP THIS TREATMENT AT ANY TIME BY PROVIDING THE INFORMATION WE SOUGHT, THAT HE SHOULD NOT WASTE OUR TIME WITH DENIALS, AND THAT HE BETTER NOT TELL ANY LIES. SUBJECT CONTINUED TO CRY.

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5. AT 1057 HOURS, SUBJECT WAS UNSTRAPPED AND TOLD TO SIT UP [REDACTED] SUBJECT WAS TOLD TO GET OFF THE BOARD, AND TOLD TO SIT ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE SMALL BOX. SUBJECT WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO GET INTO THE SMAL BOX, WHICH HE DID AT 1059 HOURS.

6. AS NOTED IN THE 8 AUGUST [REDACTED] BETWEEN 1100 AND 1637 HOURS, SUBJECT WAS MOVED IN AND OUT OF THE LARGE AND SMALL BOXES, MADE TO STAND AGAINST THE WALL, OR SIT IN A STRESS POSITION. IN LIGHT OF SUBJECT'S RESPONSE TO THE MORNING SESSION, AND IN ORDER TO TITRATE THE PRESSURES ON SUBJECT TO PREVENT SEVERE AND PROLONGED MENTAL HARM, THE TEAM DECIDED FOR THE AFTERNOON SESSION (1637-1657 HRS) TO PLACE SUBJECT ON THE WATER BOARD BUT NOT APPLY ANY WATER [REDACTED] MORE SPECIFICALLY: AT 1637 HOURS, SUBJECT WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE LARGE BOX BY THE SECURITY TEAM AND IMMEDIATELY PLACED ON THE WATER BOARD. SUBJECT EXHIBITED HEAVY BREATHING AS HE WAS STRAPPED DOWN ON THE BOARD AND REPEATEDLY DENIED KNOWING ANY INFORMATION, CLAIMING, "I TRY, I TRY." [REDACTED] SUBJECT CONTINUED WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF DENIALS REGARDING KNOWLEDGE OF FUTURE THREATS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES, WHILE MANIFESTING THE SAME DEGREE OF DESPAIR AND HELPLESSNESS AS DISPLAYED DURING THE MORNING SESSION. [REDACTED] SUBJECT WAS RESTRAPPED TO THE WATER BOARD. [REDACTED] SUBJECT ADMITTED [REDACTED] THAT HE COULD TELL US ANYTHING WE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ALL THE PREVIOUS OPERATIONS, BUT STILL MAINTAINED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING CURRENT THREATS/OPERATIONS PLANNED. SUBJECT FURTHER STATED THAT HE TRAINED OPERATIVES, THAT HE HAD GIVEN $50,000 TO BIN LADIN, AND THAT HE HAD $100,000 READY FOR OPERATIONS AGAINST ISRAEL AT THE TIME OF HIS ARREST, BUT HE DID NOT KNOW ANY NEW INFORMATION. SUBJECT SAID THAT ANYTHING HE KNEW, HE WOULD TELL US. [REDACTED] SUBJECT WAS THEN TOLD TO GET INTO THE SMALL BOX, WHICH HE DID AT 1657 HOURS.

7. SUBJECT STAYED IN THE SMALL BOX FOR TWO HOURS AND WAS THEN TRANSITIONED BACK TO THE LARGE BOX. IN ORDER TO KEEP WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF NOT EXCEEDING 18 TOTAL HOURS WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD, THE PLAN IS FOR THE SECURITY TEAMD TO BRING SUBJECT OUT OF THE LARGE BOX AT 2317 HOURS (THE END OF THE 24 HOUR PERIOD), AND SIT HIM ON THE FLOOR HOODED UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 0200 HOURS. AT THAT TIME, THE SECURITY TEAM WILL PLACE BOTTLES OF WATER AND ENSURE IN THE LARGE BOX, AND PLACE SUBJECT BACK IN THE LARGE BOX UNTIL THE NEXT INTERROGATION SESSIONS COMMENCE.

8. PLEASE SEE THE [REDACTED] FOR 8 AUGUST, TO BE SENT SEPARATELY FOR ADDITIONAL [REDACTED] TEAM ASSESSMENT OF SUBJECT'S BEHAVIOR DURING TODAY'S SESSIONS.

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